Chapter 7-Family Living

When seeking mates, men will select women who possess certain ________, such as youth and curves.

According to Darwin, the primary evolutionary biological goal of males in mate selection is _____.

Women tend to seek out a mate who possesses ________ cues, such as intelligence, physical strength, and ambition.

The ________ theory asserts that individuals are thought to act out of self -interest in ways to maximize and make the most of the resources they possess. This theory helps to explain what motivates individuals to act.

Using a filter mechanism, individuals will sort out a potential mate from a group of eligible partners. This group is known as what?

Propinquity has a lot to do with partner selection. “Propinquity” refers to what?

________ refers to partnering with someone who is similar to you – similar in ethnic and racial background, religious upbringing, age, education level, political ideology, socioeconomic status, and values and beliefs.

________ means that we must marry outside of a particular group. In the United States, for example, we cannot marry a sibling or a first cousin.

________ refers to the notion that certain groups marry within that same group, such as Muslims marrying Muslims or Asians marrying Asians.

________ refers to partners who are of different races, religions, and ethnicity. It also refers to partners of different ages.

What purpose does dating serve in a person’s lifespan development?

________ allows people to meet each other face to face to decide if they share mutual interests and if they are interested in another, more extended, date.

Part of Knapp’s relationship escalation model, this stage can be thought of as the information-gathering stage of a relationship. While individuals still have not spent a lot of time together, it is at this point that they gather enough information, through casual conversation, to determine if either party desires to continue the relationship.

During this stage of Knapp’s relationship escalation model, the couple reaches a shared level of interdependence. Knapp notes that it is during this relationship stage that some type of formal, official announcement is made of the couple’s commitment to one another (such as an engagement or marriage).

Part of Knapp’s relationship escalation model, this is when the two individuals become a “couple” and are identified as a couple among their friends and family. Each shares their relational identity.